Rail Express - 12 Aug 2025
CELEBRATING THE GREATEST GATHERING
MODELLING SECTION
GBRF CLASS 99s ON TEST
PLUS
THE CLASS 37/4 STORY
MODELLING
A trio of Class 50s –
Nos. 50049 Defiance, 50033 Glorious and
50007 Hercules – greet visitors to the Greatest Gathering at Derby over the weekend of August 1-3.
HEADLINE NEWS
GLORY DAYS OF THE CLASS 37/4s
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DIESEL GALA PICTORIAL
THE GREATEST GATHERING
TIME TRAVELLER
POWER BY THE HOUR
UNITS
POWERSCENE
PRESERVATION
IRISH ANGLE
COACHES
RAILTOURS
LU WORLD
SHUNTERS AND INDUSTRIALS
WAGONS
EXPRESS
EXPRESS
Rail minister launches GBRf Class 99s
DfT talks to three operators over DMU replacement plans
Land released for defunct eastern leg of HS2
STUDY FOR BRISTOL INTERMODAL TERMINAL
FIFTH EUROSTAR TRAIN FOR AMSTERDAM
STATIONS DELAYED ON NORTHUMBERLAND LINE
DB DRIVERS SWITCH TO GBRF
TENDER FOR ECML ‘THUNDERBIRDS’
MML electrification and Dawlish resilience work paused
ScotRail launches market engagement for new trains
OPEN DAY AT ASHFORD DEPOT
RAIB INVESTIGATES RAMP INCIDENT
c2c reverts to public control
MILESTONE FOR NORTHERN’S STATION PROGRAMME
NEW STATION CONFIRMED FOR HAXBY
GROUND BROKEN FOR NEW SCOTTISH STATION
EMR TEAMS UP WITH AUTISM CHARITY
NEW FOOTBRIDGE CRANED INTO PLACE
Refreshed EMR Class 158 in traffic
ORR approves extra ECML services for open access operators
CLASS 150/2 ‘SPRINTER’ PRESERVED
IN BRIEF
EMD completes final Class 69 conversion
NEWS ROUND-UP
Class 99s move to next phase of testing
NEWS ROUND-UP
NEWS ROUND-UP
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DMU
More ‘730/2’ sets enter service
LNW CLASS 730/2 LIVERPOOL DIAGRAMS – JULY 2025
DMU
EMU
DEPOT TALK
IET
Nemesis Rail Mk.3 stock sees main line use
DEPOT TALK
MORE LOCOMOTIVE SERVICES MOVEMENTS
WEST COAST RETURNEES
TOTON MK.3 EXITS
FINAL ‘BRITANNIC EXPLORER’ COACH EMERGES
‘NIGHT RIVIERA’ REPAINT UPDATE
Powerscene
Powerscene
DEPOT TALK
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Two ‘47s’ for Chinnor & Princes Risborough Railway
Class 31 partnership comes to an end
Hymek to visit Embsay
125 Group acquires Valenta engine
2025 GALA DATES
Another HST power car returns to the main line
IN BRIEF
COACH NEWS
MULTIPLE UNIT DEVELOPMENTS
Diesel gala pictorial
Diesel gala pictorial
Mixed fortunes for repowered ‘08s’
PRESERVATION
NEWS ROUND UP
Ministry of Defence scraps ‘Warflat’ and ‘Warwell’ fleet
DEVELOPMENTS
A brilliant Brush Type 4 to come?
NOTE FROM THE EDITOR
Hornby TT:120 gains momentum
ACCURASCALE’S PERSONAL CLASS 66
More Class 50s and Mk.2 coaches announced
‘WARSHIPS’ SHOW PROMISE
CLASS 104s ARE ON THEIR WAY!
Nifty ‘Fifty’ from Accurascale
MODEL FEATURES
ACCURASCALE NO. 50017 ROYAL OAK IN DETAIL
ACCURASCALE NO. 50017 ROYAL OAK IN DETAIL
MODEL FEATURES
A brand-new ‘puggy’ from Bachmann
BACHMANN’S NEW CLASS 08 IN DETAIL
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Tremendous ‘Tug’ from Cavalex
MODEL FEATURES
CAVALEX MODELS CLASS 56 DETAIL REVIEW
Any takers for Mendip Rail JNAs?
The Railway Enthusiasts’ marketplace
The Glory Days of the Class 37/4s
The Glory Days of the Class 37/4s
Tour operators vie to target unvisited locations
FORTHCOMING TOURS FOR SEPTEMBER
Charter to Heaton depot open day
An even longer ‘Thumper’
THE GREATEST GATHERING
THE GREATEST GATHERING
IARNROD EIREANN (IE)/IRISH RAIL
Multiple working test for trio of preserved GMs
NORTHERN IRELAND RAILWAYS (NIR)
Multiple anniversary heritage trips operate across the Piccadilly Line
Second 24 Tube Stock Train delivered
73 TS reach their halfcentury
50 YEARS AGO…
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